Osieczna

Gmina Osieczna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Osieczna, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Leszno and 58 km (36 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of 128.73 square kilometres (49.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,576 (out of which the population of Osieczna amounts to 2,018, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,558).

Osieczna Castle - built between 1890 and 1908, a Renaissance Revival castle located in Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland.The first stronghold was built in this place probably in the 14th century for the castellan of Santok, Wojsław Borek from Gryżyna (d. 1373) or around the middle of the 15th century in the time of his successor, Maciej Borek from Nowe Miasto nad Wartą and Lipno (1418-1452). The castle had the shape of a quadrangle with the western and northern wings preserved to this day on the ground floor. In 1512, Łukasz II Górka bought castle. In 1592 the castle inherited castellan Andrzej Czarnkowski, who expanded it around 1601. Reconstruction in the eclectic style was made in the years 1890-1908. The castle also housed the chess library of Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, who lived there in the last year of his life.

Łoniewo [wɔˈɲɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Osieczna, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Leszno, and 60 km (37 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

Jeziorki [jɛˈʑɔrki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

Drzeczkowo [dʐɛt͡ʂˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Osieczna, 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Leszno, and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

Berdychowo [bɛrdɨˈxɔvɔ] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

Nowe Wolkowo [ˈnɔvɛ vɔlˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

Trzebania [tʂɛˈbaɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Osieczna, 7 km (4 mi) north-east of Leszno, and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

Kopanina [kɔpaˈnina] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

Kąkolewo [kɔnkɔˈlɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Osieczna, 10 km (6 mi) east of Leszno, and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań. It was formerly in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998).

Wolkowo [vɔlˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Osieczna, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Leszno, and 58 km (36 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

Popowo Wonieskie [pɔˈpɔvɔ vɔˈɲɛskʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Osieczna, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Leszno, and 53 km (33 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.